Quirky News / 29 August 2024
A hidden message, return of the falcons, and a not-so-demure lawsuit…
British businessman John Sainsbury is laughing from beyond the grave after a note he hid in 1990 inside a false column he objected to in London’s National Gallery has been found. Builders were surprised to discover the letter thanking them for demolishing the “unnecessary” pillar…
Melbourne’s famous Collins Street peregrine falcons are back with a female laying the first egg of the new breeding season. A webcam of the ledge-dwellers made them social media stars, with the live stream continuing to attract viewers 30 years after the birds first settled in.
And speaking of social media stars… TikTokker Jools Lebron – who coined the platform’s viral ‘very demure, very mindful’ catchphrase – is locked in a legal battle after Washington state man Jefferson Bates beat them to trademarking the expression. A lawsuit is now underway…
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